Remembering Sam Berns

January 12, 2014

Same Berns and Leslie GordonCredit: Brown University News Service

Sam Berns died on January 10 from complications from progeria, a rare condition that causes accelerated aging in children. His parents, Leslie Gordon, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and Scott Berns, MD, clinical professor of pediatrics, founded the Progeria Research Foundation in 1999 to fight the disease. Read more...